CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 24, 1994
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Jav Thornton/ KANSAN
A family tradition
Amy Schuetz, Great Bend freshman, her parents, Perry and Nancy, and her brother, John, were honored before the football game Saturday. Amy Schuetz's family has five generations of KU alumni.
Haskell will ask Congress for more money
University needs $1.1 million to fund classes, buy supplies
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
The numbers never quite fit together.
The Board of Regents of Haskell Indian Nations University faced a depressing set of budget problems during its meetings Thursday and Friday at Haskell. The problem: No matter how the budget was rearranged or what measures were cut, Haskell still needed another $1.1 million more than the federal government allotted* for Haskell's 1995 budget.
Without the money, critical parts of Haskell's baccalaureate program in teacher's education and services will go unfunded. Haskell administrators told the regents.
The regents passed a resolution Friday to request $505,000 from the U.S. Congress for its elementary teacher's education program, which will be Haskell's first four-year program in school history when the program
begins in January. The money would pay for teaching hired staff, buying computers and other costs. The resolution also called for requesting an additional $595,000 to help service Haskell's growing student body.
But the measures are only temporary and not a long-term solution to Haskell's budget woes, said Lana Rozler, a regent from the Seneca nation of New York state.
"This board is going to have to take a look at how we'll fund this school in the future," Rozler told the 11 other regents.
Underfunding always has been a problem with Haskell, said George Tiger, regent. Haskell, which is open exclusively to members of federally recognized Native-American tribes, relies on funding from the federal government. And when spending and budget deficits make headlines, Tiger said, Congress is less likely to give Haskell the money it needs.
"Historically, Haskell's always been underfunded," he said. "When we made the transition from a high school to a junior college, we still operated under a high school budget. Now we're a university, and we operate under a junior college budget."
The situation reached a peak with Haskell's 1993 budget. Haskell had 833 students, an increase of 16 percent from its 1980 enrollment. But its $10.1 million budget, when adjusted for inflation, was only an 11 percent increase from its 1989 budget.
This year, Haskell tightened enrollment and received an additional $200,000 from Congress, easing budget pressure but still leaving about $376,000 worth of supplies and services underfunded.
Tiger said he was optimistic for the future. He said the regents had invited members of Congress to tour Haskell and learn first-hand about its problems. Haskell's budget is approved, and usually reduced, by the U.S. Department of Interior and the Office of Management and Budget before it's presented to Congress. Tiger said showing the campus to members of Congress might cut out the middle steps.
But in the meantime, Haskell must find additional funding sources in grants and partnerships with private businesses, Tiger said.
"Since we're going into a new era of funding, its important that we look for new resources," he said.
Budget Blues
Haskell Administrators gave the Haskell Board of Regents Thursday a run-down of needs and programs unfunded or underfund in last year's budget. This year's underfunded programs will increase because Haskells plan to open it's first four-year program in teacher's education in January.
$94,788
Financial Aid $7.600
Housing $38,152
Teacher Positions $84.000
Computers
Supplies and miscellaneous
$32,700
$119,061
Total
$376,301
Source: Haskell Indian Nations University
Noah Musser/KANSAN
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Haskell officials discuss the potential impact of Lawrence trafficway
haskell's president, its Board of Regents and a federal official said Friday that they were optimistic that the spirituality of the Haskell Wetlands would be addressed in a future report on the impact of the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway.
Both Bob Martin, president of Haskell Indian Nations University, and David Orr, acting division administrator for the Federal Highway Administration in Topeka, said a meeting between the two sides Tuesday had been the beginning of a productive dialogue.
"Our concerns have been well articulated, and we're willing to keep working to explain that the South Lawrence Trafficway and the 31st Street alignment will have a negative impact and should be avoided," Martin said.
The two groups will meet again in late December to discuss the issue further, Orr said.
"People felt good about it." Orr said. "Communication was established. They understand how the process works."
Haskell has opposed the building of the trafficway on 31st Street, which runs through the wetlands south of the campus. Haskell students have said the trafficway, which is designed to ease Lawrence traffic pressure, would have a negative impact on the wetlands' ecosystem and spiritual value.
Apology, exchange stem from offensive card
A greeting card that caused a Lawrence man to go on a 15 day hunger strike will no longer be produced because of a settlement reached Friday.
The settlement, between the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Chicago-based Recycled Paper Greetings, the card's producer, included an apology and an offer to exchange unsold copies of the card returned by retailers.
The card showed a Muslim woman wearing a face veil. On the front it read, "Rather than confront her fear of germs. Millicent changed her name to Yazime and moved to Tehran." Inside, the card read, "So, you're feeling like Shite. Don't Mecca big deal out of it."
Muhammed Saeed, former Lawrence resident, was prompted by the card to go on a hunger strike that was cut short on doctor's orders.
According to a press release both sides agreed. in the settlement, on a series of points, including:
Lawful freedom of expression is an essential component of an open society.
The offense to the Muslim community by Recycled Paner Greetings was unintentional.
Recycled Paper Greetings will cease publication of the card when the Council ends its protest.
Neither Saeed nor representatives from Recycled Paper
Greetings could be reached for comment.
Arson may be to blame for Wednesday car fire
KU police are investigating a car fire that occurred about 9 a.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Stouffer Place Apartments.
"We were really glad the car didn't blow up," said Loretta Li, Lawrence graduate student and owner of the car. "If it had bled up, it probably would've killed whoever did it." Lis said one of her neighbors noticed the fire and called the police.
Cindy Aliss of the KU police said the incident was being investigated as arson. She said that someone had put something in the opening of the gas tank and had set the car on fire. The rear quarter panel and back end of the car were burned, and damage was estimated at $750.
Li said she and her husband had the car towed from the parking lot after fire department officers told her a gasket and strap that held the tank to the car might have been damaged.
"They put it out pretty quick." Li said. "It was a miracle no one was hurt and that the car didn't blow up."
Compiled from Kansan staff research.
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